Owner-reported complaints naming the body or structure system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the vehicle structure, frame, body panels, doors, hood and trim. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1997 Oldsmobile Silhouette submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 14 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
ROOF LEAKS, DESPITE ATTEMPTS TO BLOCK LEAKAGE, WATER HAS INFILTRATED THE FUSE PANEL REPEATEDLY, SHORTING THE HORN, CAUSING IT TO HONK AT RANDOM FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME. *AK
CONSUMER STATES STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AFTER RECALL HAS BEEN PERFORMED ON VEHICLE RECALL #01V264000 SLIDING DOOR. PLEASE PROVIDE THE DEALER NAME, ADDRESS AND NUMBER. TS
CONSUMER STATES THAT WITH NO WARNING THE REAR SLIDING DOOR WILL SLIDE OFF THE TRACK AND IT WILL BE HARD TO OPEN FOR THE CONSUMER TO ENTER OR EXIT THE VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED. NLM
VEHICLE WAS RECALLED FOR SLIDING DOOR. WHEN DOOR WAS SECURED IT OPENED WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. ALSO, ALARM SYSTEM WENT OFF. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.
GAS GUAGE REGISTERS OVER FULL ALL TIMES. HAS TAKEN TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES. *AK THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DEALER DID NOT PAY ATTENTION TO THE COMPLAINT OF FUEL GUAGE MALFUNCTION . REMOTE KEY MALFUNCTIONS. THE RIGHT SIDE SLIDING DOOR WAS INOPERATIVE. *YH
RIGHT SLIDING DOOR TRACK AND RUBBER BUMPER STOP IS LOOSE RESULTING IN HITTING OF EYES AND FOREHEAD WHEN OPENING THE DOOR, THE DOOR GUIDE TRACT IS INSERTED TO THE UPPER RUBBER SEAL AND WHEN THE DOOR IS BEING OPENED THE GUIDE TRACT FALLS DOWN DUE TO VIBRATION. *SLC
POWERER SLIDING DOOR FAILS TO CLOSE, POPS OPEN
DRIVING AT APPROX. 25 MPH ON WET ROADS WITH RAIN. STARTED TO SLOW TO TURN RIGHT ONTO SIDE STREET WHEN POWER STEERING FAILED. DRIVER HAD TO USE EXTREME EFFORT TO MANUALLY TURN STEERING WHEEL TO AVOID HITTING CURB AND TREE. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO CORRECT CAR DIRECTION WITH EXTREME EFFORT WHILE STOPPING CAR. ONCE THE CAR WAS STOPPED, THERE WAS A SQUEALING NOISE ,INDICATING BELTS WERE SLIPPING AND THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL CLICKING/TAPPING SOUND. GM CASE NUMBER IS 990028165. PROBLEM 2: AUTOMATIC DOOR ON PASSENGER'S SIDE DISENGAGED WHEN PLACING SHIFT LEVER FROM PARK. DEALER CLEANED CONTACTS AND STATED PROBLEM WAS SOLVED. EXPLANATION DOES NOT SEEM REASONABLE IN THAT THE DOOR CLOSED PROPERLY UNTIL THE SHIFT LEVER WAS PLACED OUT OF PARK. SAFETY FEATURES SHOULD PREVENT THE DOOR FROM OPENNING UNLESS SHIFT LEVER IS IN PARK. *AK
CONSUMER TRIED TO OPEN OR CLOSE THE ELECTRICAL SLIDING DOOR, BUT IT DIDN'T WORK. ALSO,SOMETIMES KEY DOESN'T WORK. *AK
AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR FAILED.
OVERHEAD COMPUTER CONSOLE FAILURE. *AK
CRUISE CONTROL FAILURE. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT 55MPH THE RIGHT SLIDING DOOR OPENED BY ITSELF AND CHILD IN CSS WAS ALMOST SUCKED/FELL OUT OF THE CAR. THE SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT CLOSE PAST THE MIDWAY POINT. THE DOOR IS STILL INOPERATIVE. *AK
OWNER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH THE HOOD BLEW PFF VEHICLE AND CRACKED WINDSHEILD.OWNER IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. *AK
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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